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HCB 102 VITAL SIGNS Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers Vital Signs - signs necessary to life, temperature, respiratory rate, pulse, and blood pressure, used to evaluate a patient's condition Temperature - A measure of the amount of heat below the skin and the subcutaneous tissues Pulse ...

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Vital Signs - ✔✔signs necessary to life, temperature, respiratory rate,

pulse, and blood pressure, used to evaluate a patient's condition

Temperature - ✔✔A measure of the amount of heat below the skin and the

subcutaneous tissues

Pulse - ✔✔regular, recurrent expansion and contraction of an artery

produced by waves of pressure cause when the heart beats; sensation that

can be felt when fingertips lightly compress an artery against an underlying

bone.

Tachycardia - ✔✔Abnormally rapid heartbeat; above 100 in adults

Bradycardia - ✔✔Abnormally slow heartbeat; below 60 in adults

Thready pulse - ✔✔Weak and rapid pulse

Bounding Pulse - ✔✔unusually strong pulse

Arrhythmia - ✔✔A pulse with irregular rhythm

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Respiration - ✔✔exchange of gases between the atmosphere, blood, and

body cells

Ihalation - ✔✔the act of taking air into the lungs

Exhalation - ✔✔the act of expelling air from the lungs

Dyspnea - ✔✔labored or difficult breathing

Apnea - ✔✔absence of breathing

Tachypena - ✔✔Excessively rapid breathing

Blood Pressure - ✔✔The force that circulating blood exerts against artery

walls as the heart contracts and relaxes. Measured in the unit millimeters of

mercury (mm Hg). Recorded as two separate pressures in fraction form

systolic pressure - ✔✔the pressure created in the arteries when the heart

contracts and forces blood out in to circulation. This is the first blood

pressure sound you will hear

diastolic pressure - ✔✔the pressure remaining in the arteries when the

heart is relaxed. This is the last blood pressure sound you will hear

Perfusion - ✔✔The flow of blood through tissues, providing them with

oxygen and nutrients, and removing waste products

hypotension - ✔✔abnormally low blood pressure

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